Former Richmond Hill High School standout Nick Fitzgerald has been named SEC Co-Offensive Player of the Week after helping guide Mississippi State to a 55-20 win over rival Ole Miss.

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The sophomore quarterback accounted for 367 yards of total offense and five touchdowns in the win.

He rushed for an MSU single-game school record 258 yards on 14 carries with two touchdowns, breaking Anthony Dixon's previous mark of 252 in 2009.

Fitzgerald averaged a school-record 18.4 yards per carry, which is the second-best mark by a player in SEC history. The 18.4 yards per carry was the highest by an SEC player in a conference game in league history (minimum 10 carries). His 258 rushing yards were the most by an FBS quarterback since Navy's Keenan Reynolds rushed for 277 on Nov. 14, 2014.

Fitzgerald's 1,243 rushing yards this season is the third-most by a quarterback in SEC history, trailing only Cam Newton and Johnny Manziel. Fitzgerald also broke Dak Prescott's old mark of rushing yards by a quarterback in a season, becoming the first QB in MSU history to go over 1,000 yards. Fitzgerald was first named SEC Offensive Player of the Week on Nov. 7 following MSU's victory over No. 4 Texas A&M.